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I like to bring up a follow up post on the previous one as again found me older pictures that should be in my blog, Trier is good memories to me as it was my first visit to Germany back in 1991- 1992 , and had visited often ever since, Of course, I have written several posts on it in my blog with a plethora of architecture and historical monuments that are just wonderful to visit. Therefore, on this post I will tell you on the other churches of Trier, part II !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The former church of St. Irminasis named after Saint Irmina. It was located on what is now Irminenfreihof. In 1802, the monastery was dissolved in the course of secularization. In 1804, after a two-year vacancy, the decision was made to convert the former monastery into a hospital. From 1811, the walls were given to the United Hospitals after the opening of the first convent of the Borromems in Trier. Under Napoleon’s leadership, the buildings were given a new purpose, some hospitals and retirement homes, which persist to this day. At that time, the orphanage of the monastery of St. Afra was moved here. In 1868, the first own chapel ,that of St Catherine was built in the complex. In a bombing raid in December 1944, the monastery was almost completely destroyed, but was rebuilt from 1945. In his role as a hospital and as part of the United Hospitals, it is still used today. Since 1960, the building has mainly been an old people’s and nursing home.

The Trier tourist office on former church St Irminas : https://www.trier-info.de/en/places-of-interest/st-irminas-church

The former abbey Saint-Martin is an ancient abbey, probably founded in the 6C. It could come from a church built by Martin de Tours in the 4C. At the latest in the 10C, the abbey was occupied by monks of the Order of St. Benedict, it became one of the largest abbeys of the city and was dissolved in 1802 during the Napoleonic domination.   The west wing of the Abbey building and a new modern building are now used as one of the six student residences in Trier.

According to tradition, Martin de Tours came several times to Trier, the first time in 371. St Martin himself would have founded a chapel where Christian burials also took place. Around 587, Bishop Magnéric of Trier built a Church of Martyrs, which later became the abbey.  At the time of the French revolution, Trier was occupied from 1794 by the French revolutionary troops. From 1797 to 1801, the left bank of the Rhine river was part of the French Republic. In 1802, the prefect of the Saarland department, decreed the dissolution of the abbey and confiscation of all property. The six monks are expelled. In 1804 the monastery, the church and buildings, such as the dormitory, are put up for sale at auction. In what remains of the western wing, there was a porcelain manufactory, with the furnace in the crypt. In 1813, the manufacture was abandoned and, after the return of Trier to Prussia in 1815, reopened in 1816, and then closed in 1824. Today only the West wing of the Abbey in the style of the late Renaissance is preserved.  In 1972, the west wing of the 17C, Abbey was fully refurbished after a long period of vacation and turned into a student residence with a new building erected in the same year. The new building is horseshoe-shaped facing the old right building, so that between the buildings there is an inner courtyard that houses a beech tree.

As it is now a student residence little information but this studiwerk site speaks of it : https://www.studiwerk.de/eo/cms?_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&_sprache=en&idartikel=231026

The present building of the Diocesan Theological Seminary is located in a large courtyard at the former Jesuit College, between Brotstrasse and Neustrasse. It is a Holy Trinity Church or, simply Jesuit Church, as it is generally known in Trier. The church was initially constructed as the monastery church of the Franciscan order and was used by them from 1228 to 1570. In the following years, however, it was the collegiate church of the Jesuits until 1750. he beginning of the 18C, the Jesuits expanded the choir by adding the side choirs, dedicated to St. Francis Xavier and St. Ignatius Loyala, the two founders of the Society of Jesus. The order was suppressed in 1773; the interior of the church has undergone a complete restoration . As you can read from below :  On 7 December 2018, Bishop Stephan Ackermann banished the Society of Jesus from the city and the bishopric of Trier, ending a long and turbulent history. The Society of Jesus was first called to Trier in 1560 to re-establish Catholicism following the failed (in Trier) attempt at reformation.

The Trier tourist office on the Jesuit Church:  https://www.trier-info.de/en/places-of-interest/jesuit-church

There you go folks, some interesting things to see while walking Trier, the best to see and enjoy the wonders we can find in our travels. We love it to walk the cities and do so extensively. Trier has so much to offer been the oldest city in Germany and a huge university town as well. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the other churches of Trier, part II !!!  As I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!